Legal analysis of obstacles in Iran's export and import laws for permanent membership in the World Trade Organization

Mirabassi, Seyed Bagher; Mousavi Mirklai, Seyyed Taha; Sadeghi, Mohamad; Paksima, Iman

doi:10.48308/eclr.2024.234124.1043

Legal analysis of obstacles in Iran's export and import laws for permanent membership in the World Trade Organization

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

seyed bagher mirabassi ¹

Seyyed Taha Mousavi Mirklai ²

mohamad sadeghi ³

iman paksima ⁴

¹ Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

² «Assistant Professor of Law, Ershad Damavand Non-Profit Higher Education Institute»

³ Assistant professor, member of the Faculty of Law, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran

⁴ Doctoral student of International Law, Department of Public International Law, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran

https://doi.org/10.48308/eclr.2024.234124.1043

Abstract

The World Trade Organization is the main organization for globalizing the economy and trade. This organization leads the countries of the world align with its policies by using its tools. Export and import related domestic laws non-compliance with WTO's approvals, is one of the existing challenges for countries permanent membership in WTO. This research through descriptive-analytical method, while analyzing the issues and different aspects of the subject by specific questions, analyzes the information collected through library and documentary studies. The main question of the Article is: What are the existing obstacles in Iran's export and import laws for permanent membership in WTO? The research findings indicate that considering Iran's observer membership to the organization, the issue of Iran's full membership in this organization has been raised in recent years and studies have been conducted about it. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt Iran's export and import laws in compliance with WTO's approvals. This Article makes it possible to use the best and most useful methods through examining the procedures of eliminating these obstacles.

Keywords

world trade organization(WTO)

membership

agreement

obstacles

export and import laws